Batman: Arkham Origins
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Third-person hand-to-hand brawling and stealth takedowns against human thugs and assassins, with bone-crunching hits and some blood but no gore or dismemberment.
The villain Bane visibly uses the fictional strength-enhancing drug Venom; alcohol and clubs appear in Gotham's criminal settings.
The plot centers on hired killers, murder, and Gotham's criminal underworld, with a menacing, unstable Joker as a central antagonist.
Some female characters wear tight, revealing costumes; no actual nudity.
A tense, grim tone with an eerie snowy Gotham and unsettling villains, but no true horror scares.
The story revolves around organized crime, a bounty on Batman, and assassins for hire, all witnessed as Batman fights back against criminals.
Interrogations played as intimidation and coercion, plus villain threats of violence toward captives, are referenced and shown in a stylized way.
Mild suggestive dialogue and a few flirtatious exchanges with characters like the assassin Copperhead.
Dialogue from thugs and villains like the Joker includes moderate profanity such as 'damn' and 'hell.'
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What it is
Batman: Arkham Origins is a single-player action-adventure game set in a snowy, open-world Gotham City on Christmas Eve, following a younger Batman as eight assassins hunt him for a bounty placed by crime lord Black Mask. Players glide across the city, use gadgets, solve crime scenes as a detective, and fight through waves of thugs and supervillains using melee combat and stealth takedowns. Content includes stylized hand-to-hand violence with some blood, moderate profanity from criminals, dark crime-and-murder themes, tense encounters with unstable villains like the Joker, and mildly suggestive dialogue and costumes. The former online multiplayer mode has been retired, so it now plays entirely offline.
How it's framed
The game frames Batman as a vigilante hero who apprehends rather than kills, subduing criminals and villains without lethal force; violence is directed at armed thugs and assassins, and the narrative treats murder, corruption, and the villains' cruelty as wrongs the player works to stop.
Details
- Developer
- WB Games Montreal
- Publisher
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Released
- Oct 24, 2013
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